William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown